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M. WADLEIGH.

ELECTRIC BBLT` l No. 421,457. Patented Feb. I8, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MERIAN IVADLEIGI'I, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO CLARENCE S. GILBERT, OF SAME PLACE.v r

ELECTRIC BELT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 42.1,4571 dated February 18, 1890.

Application filed June 2 5 1 8 89.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MERIAN WADLEIGH, of Kansas City, Jackson county, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electric Belts, of -which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in electric belts; and it consists in the arrangement of the different parts, hereinafter set forth and described.

In the drawings,which illustrate the manner of carrying out my invention, Figure l is a plan view of my improved belt, showing it attached to an induction-coil by means of which a faradic current is produced. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the different parts of one of the battery-cells in detail. Fig. 3 is a sectional View of one of the cells which form part of the battery. Fig. 4 is a detail in perspective of one of the electrodes for conducting the current to any desired point, and Fig. 5 is a detail vi ew of the vibrator and the binding-post which bears the contact-pin.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A represents the clamp, which passes through the dierent parts composing the cell, thus hold` ing them together with the aid of pin E, which passes through loop b of said clamp. The upper portion of the clamp is formed into a head, which prevents it from pulling through the central aperture of the cell.

B represents an insulator, which may be composed of either glass or hard rubber. Said insulator is provided with a projection cl, through which passes aperture c. Projection d of the insulator passes through aperture f of copper plate C, which is provided at one end with a half-hinge e, by means of which it is connectedv to the following cell, forming part of the battery. Pins H H pass through registering halthinges on adjacent cells and connect the same in series. Pins 1J p are also inserted in the loops or half-hinges of the end cells to which the wires are connected, and by changing the positions of said pins p p the strength of the current may be varied at will by utilizing a greater or less number of the cells. Copper plate C rests on sponge or other absorbent g, which has a central aperture h,

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through which passes projection d of the insulator. The end of said projection rests on zinc plate t', which also has a central aperture j to permit the passage of clalnp A.

D represents a German-silver plate, one end of which is provided with half-hinges Yr., by means of which it is connected to the following cell.

E represents the pin, which passes through 6o loop Z7 of clamp A, thus holding the different parts of the cell together.

G represents an induction-coil, which is conn nected to the battery by means of wires O and Q, leading from induction-coils O and Q. This induction-,coil is provided with a switch s, by means of which the current is changed from a galvanic to a faradic current. The connecting-wire 4 is attached at one end to the switch, or is fixed in such a position as to 7o enable one arm of the switch to come in contact therewith when said switch is in the position shown in full lines in Fig. l, and is cngaged at the opposite end in a binding-post r', having a contact-pin, against which the vi- 75 brator normally bears, said binding-post being clearly shown in Fig. 5.

When the switch is in the position shown at Fig. l ot the drawings, the direction of the current is as follows: First, it passes from cell 8o to cell, increasing in power as it goes. It then leaves the battery, passes through pin 2J to wire Q, and thence to induction-coil Q. This wire Q is connected to one end of the coil Q', and the other end of the latter is con- 85 nected to the bar which carries said coil, whereby the current passes through the latter to the vibrator, thence through the contactpin to the wire 4, through the switch to the wire O, and thence to the opposite end of the 9o battery. The passage of the current through the coil magnetizes the same and attracts the free end of the vibrator, thereby momentarily breaking the current and allowing said vibrator to resume its normal position. The current from the battery, passing as thus de scribed, produces a faradic current in coil 0', which passes oit the electrodes and through the body. This being a faradic current, it passes alternately, passing iirst one direction roo then the other.

To produce a galvanic current, it is only necessary to throw the switch in the position indicated by the dotted lines, when the current will pass from pin p to wire Q, thence t0 wire .3, through the switch to wire 5, from whence it passes to wire O to the positive electrode, thence through the body to the negative electrode, and over wire O to the battery thro ugh conduetingwiro l, thus to rming a complete circuit.

The induction-coil shown herein is of the ordinary and well-known construction, and therefore does not require a detailed description. The connections are substantially the same as in other devices of this kind. This induction-coil may be attached to any electric belt in the manner described.

IIaVin g thus described my invention, what I claim isl. In an electric belt, the combination, with a battery, of an induction-coil connected to the terminal wires ot said battery, the electrodes connected,respectively, to one of the said terminal wires and to the induction-coil, the Vibrator, the switch connected to said terminal wires, and connecting-wires -l and 5 connecting the switch to the vibrator and one of the electrodes, substantially as speciiied.

2. The combination, with a battery, of the induction-coil connected to the terminal wires ot said battery, the electrodes connected, respectively, to the induction-coil and to one of said terminal wires, the switch connected to said terminal wires by wires 2 and 3, the Vibrator connected to the switch by wire 4, and the connecting-wire 5 between the switch and one of the electrodes, substantially as speciiied.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses. n

MERIAN WADLEIG-II. XVitnesses:

F. G. FISCHER, A. A. IIIGDoN. 

